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National
Callum Godde

Legal challenge to CBD-wide warrantless searches

Benny Zable is challenging police powers to order the removal of face coverings at protests. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

Powers to stop and search people without a reason across a vast swathe of Australia's second largest city will be legally challenged as police insist they're on "solid ground".

Protest organiser Tarneen Onus Browne and performance artist Benny Zable have filed a legal and constitutional challenge against Victoria Police's decision to declare Melbourne's CBD and surrounds a "designated area" for six months from November 30.

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